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400 DO II Review & Low Foot Insight--I Was Wrong! My Complete Southern Ocean Gear Bag. Great Induro Ballhead News. And Induro Tripod Kudos

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My cold got worse as I slept last night, mostly upper chest congestion, a stuffed nose, and a bit of a sore throat. Today is finish packing day as I fly to Miami this afternoon and up with co-leader Denise Ippolito at MIA. We will take a red eye flight to Santiago, Chile […]

My Upcoming Travel Schedule, Quit Being Lazy... And Induro Ballhead Info

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I am currently fighting a cold, mostly upper chest congestion and a scratchy throat but am feeling pretty good this morning…. Today is start packing day!

I fly to Miami on Wednesday afternoon where I will meet up with Denise Ippolito. We will take a red eye flight to Santiago, Chile arriving at […]

This looks like an easy point and shoot image, right? Whatta you think? And Brent Bridges Gear Fire Sale

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After a 1 1/2 hour delay, I made it into Orlando yesterday at about 6:30pm. My right hand man Jim Litzenberg picked me up and I was home catching up on the Mets and Sunday’s NFL action by 8:30. I fly to Santago, Chile in two days 🙂

Selling Your Used Photo Gear Through […]

Background too busy for you?

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On Thursday morning I photographed and videoed the bar mitzvah rehearsal of my grandnephew, Max Weinstein. I attended the bar mitzvah on Saturday morning but the use of any electronic devices in the temple is forbidden on the Sabbath. But I did grab nearly a thousand canid images of the family and guests […]

Induro Tripods

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If you are already convinced that Induro tripods are the best that money can buy, click here to order. If not, or if you want to learn which Induro tripod is best for you, read on.

This image was created on the 2015 Fort DeSoto Spring IPT by Dwayne Marrott […]

Kinda clunky repair work--is it true?

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The three B&H Event Space programs went very well. Each was either a sell out or standing room only. Denise was great as expected. During the second program, “Tips for Serious Bird Photographers,” I got a bit carried away by telling too many of my great stories. As expected. Thus, we were a […]

Oh What a Night! & What is it? What lens Answers

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On Tuesday, Denise and I put the finishing touches on our three sold out B&H Event Space programs. If you unexpectedly find yourself in the neighborhood, would like to attend, but have not registered, it never hurts to stop by as you there are usually a few no-shows for each program. If you […]

Xtrahand Vest Travel Adventure & San Diego: It Ain't Just Pelicans! Can you say Wood Ducks?

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About half the group joined denise and me for a morning of photography at a railway museum about an hour from Cartersville. The old trains were in a lot better condition than most of the old wrecks at Old Car City. Again I worked almost exclusively with the tripod-mounted Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED […]

Flight Lesson: Creating Vertical Original Captures

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Everyone enjoyed the Old Car City seminar session on Sunday morning. And learned a ton. Including me. During the meet and greet sessions I stated that I wanted to learn to use HDR Efex Pro. I did in spades. Denise was superb as expected. Over the years she has become a skilled, effective, […]

Diving Into the Micro Four-Thirds Pool... And some questions on the Olympus OM-D E-M1 camera body

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After two days of absolutely perfect cloudy photo weather at Old Car City, Sunday is seminar day with denise as the star sharing her HDR and creative filtering magic. I will be assisting and doing an image conversion and Photoshop session.

This blog post took about 2 hours to prepare and was […]

What is it? What lens? Do you like it?

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Today was Day 1 of the Old Car City Workshop. I was tremendously inspired in the morning and spent the whole time working with one of my favorite lenses. In the afternoon I worked mostly with a different lens. I thought that I made lots of great images in the morning, not so […]

Smoke and Sparks Accompanied By the Smell of Burning Plastic...

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I had and easy-peasy flight from MCO to ATL where I met denise. We stopped on the way to Cartersville, GA for lunch at a place named Houston’s off of I-75 not too far north of Atlanta and had fantastic salads for lunch: seared ahi tuna for denise, chicken for me. Both salads […]

Sunset at Dusk Lessons

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Though yesterday was supposed to be packing day I did not start the actual packing until about 7:30pm! I fly to Atlanta just before lunch today to meet up with denise. Then we drive up to White, GA for her Old Car City A Creative Adventure Workshop; I will be assisting her in […]

Raking Sidelight...

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Slept very well on Monday night…. Worked on some images and old image folders. Enjoyed a sunny swim. Worked on the Power Point presentations that denise and I will be doing at B&H next Wednesday. I got a bit frustrated but got lots of help from several readers, most notably Bruce Enns. If […]

Urgent Plea for Help: Adding a Folder of Slides to a Powerpoint for Mac Presentation

Adding a Folder of Slides to a Powerpoint for Mac Presentation

If you can provide easy-to-follow directions for adding say 73 slides from a single folder to a Power Point for Mac presentation please leave a comment and then shoot me an email with your phone number by e-mail so that I can call you […]

Ever Hear of These?

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Woke way too early. Way. Took an early swim. Finished the last two exhibit categories by phone with denise. Many thanks for your help Lady D. My NY Football Giants won again, largely due to the total ineptitude of the Buffalo Bills. Then an ice bath followed by more football.

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Zoom Blur Fun and How-to for the Non Blur Haters... What's the Bad News About Really Small Apertures?

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I worked very hard on Saturday on picking images for the San Diego exhibit. Denise Ippolito helped me with the final cuts, getting down to six images in each category. Talk about heart-wrenching work…. We still have two to finish. I enjoyed a long swim and several meditation sessions but skipped my ice […]

Patrick Sparkman Does Spectacular Totality With the 7D Mark II. And How!

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A 66-image career retrospective solo exhibit of my work at the San Diego Natural History Museum (aka The Nat) will open on Saturday, January 16, 2016 and run through April 25, 2016. More than 4,000 folks are expected to visit the show. I spent a good part of yesterday picking images. I am planning […]

CYAN Sky Corrected & Eye Doctor (Nictitating Membrane) Work...

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Now that the 2013 audit is finished and my 2014 taxes are ready to be filed I figured that I would be left wondering what to do on Thursday. Not! Not only was I busy all day catching up (after two solid weeks of staring at credit card and bank statements and Excel […]

Flight Light and Flight Pose Considerations...

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I swam yesterday at 8am. Jim and I headed to the audit in Lakeland at 9:30. We met Chip Jackson–the man is brilliant–for brunch at 11 and showed up early for the audit at 11:05am. The agent was pleasant and wound up being quite fair. He studied my documentation and as Chip had […]